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Alpina Spokes a death wish?

Call me an idiot but......
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Hi beezer,
sorry to hear about your troubles, but thanks for sharing. A reminder to us all to take care and an opportunity for us to learn from other's misfortune. I'm not impressed with the mechanic's incompetence and failed duty of care with the dodgy access.
Surely you must be tempted by the latest Stelvio, with revised valve train and dare I say it, cast wheels.

Cheers,
Mark.
 
Well I ended up picking up another new '09 that I found in stock down at the Georgia dealer (European Motosports). Bought a couple of $100 tickets to Atlanta, flew down there and road the bike home.
But what is of interest is when I put my first new tire on that bike, I decided not to mount it until I let it sit over night. You guessed it, the next morning the tire pressure was down! It turns out the little serrations on the inside of the rim, make it tricky to get a good seal. I took it back to the shop and after two more tries, he ended up having to goop it up with a little vulcanizing compound to get an airtight seal on the rim.
I am convinced now that that that is probably what happened the first time. The problem with motorcycle tires, and the reason you need to check pressures frequently is that the carcasses are very stiff. Unlike a car, an under inflated bike tire is not obvious either when looking at it, and even while riding it. Off course once you run on a low tire a high speed for a few miles, it overheats and now is very likely to blow out.
Finding competent people to do work on bikes is a challenge.
Dealer #1 - Never checked for leaks after mounting the tire and didn't have a good seal on the bead
Dealer #2 - Never pumped up the rear brake or test road the bike after removing the wheel and replacing the tire.
Dealer #3 - Never checked the tire for leaks and didn't get a good seal on the bead either.
And I had another experience with yet another dealer with my next tire. He would never admit to what happened but somehow the wheel had slipped off the machine when he did the installation. There where scraps, not little nicks, all along the rim and a brake rotor was bent! I am not litigious, and just move on when these things happen, but the incompetence is amazing. On the other hand, it is clearly fairly easy not to get a good seal on the Stelvio when installing a new tire apparently due to the serrations on the inside of the rim. BEWARE! The good news is, the Alpina spokes do not seem to be the culprit, though after these experiences, I still don't like the idea.
 
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